1 . For high school students, just thinking about your career probably isn’t enough. You have to actively do some research and plan. Here are some of the best careers for the future and how you can get your foot in the door.

Registered Nurses

To become registered nurses, you’re going to need either an associate degree in nursing, a Bachelor of Science in nursing, or another officially approved diploma(文凭) from a nursing program. If you want to be a practicing physician, you’ll need a medical degree in your chosen field on top of your four-year degree.

Data Analysts

Big data is a growing field with profitable opportunities for college graduates. You are required to have a master’s degree in computer science or another related field. Data science is a traditionally male-dominated industry and only 26 percent are held by women. Thankfully, it is holding out an olive branch to females and there are some terrific programs specially designed for them to break into this dynamic field.

Plumbers (管道工) and Electricians

Not all of the best careers for the future will require a four-year undergraduate degree. There’s a serious demand for skilled positions jobs like plumbers and technicians. Many of these positions require a high school degree and often an associate degree in a related field, but don’t necessarily require graduation from a four-year university.

Cybersecurity (网络安全) Experts

The average salaries for cybersecurity experts can start at $80, 000 for IT Security Consultants and can reach six figures for other positions such as a security director. The best way to start your path in cybersecurity is with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or other related fields.

1. In which job will the gender distribution probably be more balanced?

A．Data Analysts.	B．Registered Nurses.
C．Cybersecurity Experts.	D．Plumbers and Electricians.

2. To be a cybersecurity expert, which is the basic requirement?

A．A master’s degree in computer science.

B．A certificate of high school graduation.

C．A bachelor’s degree in information technology.

D．A diploma officially approved from a medical program.

3. Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A health lecture.	B．A school website.
C．A job advertisement.	D．A science magazine.

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。

Have you ever felt the need to grab a pen and start writing your thoughts on a piece of paper? Tom had always been a lover of stories, and of words that come together to create vivid imagery (意象). He would spend hours writing down his thoughts and ideas, crafting worlds and people with his pen and paper.

But when it came to his parents, they didn’t believe how much he enjoyed writing. In fact, they discouraged him, telling him that he should focus on more practical career fields like becoming a lawyer.

The annual writing competition arrived once again, which was a time to show creative writing as well as the vivid imagination of students. Although Tom had a burning passion for writing, he had always hesitated to enter the race. He was worried that his parents would disapprove of him spending so much time writing, leading him to miss the competition in previous years. But this time, he decided to take a chance and see if he could win this race. Perhaps if his parents saw how talented he truly was, they would come to support him.

Days passed as he carefully prepared his writing, pouring his heart and soul into every word. When he finished, he read it over and felt proud of what he had written. He prepared to hand in his writing, but his parents still believed he was wasting time. He still decided to submit his entry anyway.

Weeks went by before the contest’s results were announced. Tom waited anxiously, wondering if his writing was good enough to win a prize. He checked out his mailbox every day after school.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Finally, the day arrived and the winners were announced.

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Just then, the door opened and Tom’s parents returned home from work.

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3 . Year-12 student Noah Little has already sat his first Chinese-speaking exam and said it was “the easiest exam I’ve ever done”. That view is not surprising given the Wagga High School student loves language — so much so he has built a Chinese translation app.

Noah said his love of language was encouraged by his community. “Wagga is a place full of people from different cultures, and sometimes when I meet new people who have trouble speaking English I like to talk to them in their own language,” he said. “I also have a few Chinese friends so I think it will be cool to talk to them in their language.”

The 17-year-old started teaching himself Chinese around five years ago, before taking distance education classes at the start of Year 11. His language ability was also useful in his part-time job at a local Chinese restaurant, where he translated orders for the cooks and customers.

Noah said he also had a basic knowledge of seven other languages. It was while teaching himself languages that Noah got the idea of the translation tool. “I decided to make my own app because there weren’t many around — all the other apps were full of advertisements (广告) and the translation feature (功能) wasn’t powerful enough,” he said.

His app also includes a word of the day feature, lessons on how to write Chinese characters (汉字) and a news feed of important Chinese news.

He said learning computer programming to build the app had been like studying another language. With the end of school around the corner, Noah said he would like to pursue (追求) both his interests in computer programming and languages. “I’m planning to work for a year and save so I can go on to university as I really want to make a career (事业) out of one of these two topics.”

1. What do we know about Noah?

A．He began to learn Chinese at 11.	B．He failed his first Chinese exam.
C．He likes teaching Chinese to people.	D．He gets a lot from learning Chinese.

2. What are included in Noah’s app?

A．Advertisements.	B．Pieces of world news.
C．Suggestions for memorizing words.	D．Ways of writing Chinese characters.

3. What has Noah decided to do shortly after high school graduation?

A．Look for a job.	B．Attend university.
C．Develop a new app.	D．Learn more languages.

4. Which of the following can best describe Noah?

A．Curious and creative.	B．Humorous and honest.
C．Courageous and caring.	D．Outgoing and outspoken.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What’s the dialogue mainly about?

A．Small talk.

B．Receiving visitors.

C．A job interview.

2. Why did the woman quit her former job?

A．The company went bankrupt.

B．She was bored of her former job.

C．She loved the new company much.

3. What will the woman do next?

A．Leave the former company to challenge herself.

B．Be hired by the new company and work there.

C．Research a new marketing purpose.

5 . As you work to develop your career (事业), whether you are applying for a job right now or planning what you will do in the future, three things are vital: your passion (激情), your value and your goals. These are three obvious but related beliefs that you need to both know for yourself and be able to communicate to others.     1    

Passion is what drives you. Your passion is what brings a smile to your face, what lights your creative engine and what makes you approach a problem with passion. Your passion could be for a specific field, profession, industry, customer, type of problem, or some combination.     2     The success itself is enough.

    3     It consists mainly of your problem-solving abilities and all the qualities that come with them, such as your skills, knowledge and experience. When you know your value, you can state this to develop cooperation and to encourage employers to hire you.

Goals are what you want to do.     4     They may be very specific, like “I want to work in City X on consumer products in the beauty industry.” Or they could be more general, such as “I want to use my passion for science communications to advance STEM.”

Knowing your passion can help you better define (界定) your value and clarify your goals. And understanding your goals can help you go better to your passion and pronounce your value.     5    

A．But what are they exactly.

B．Thus how can we behave properly.

C．Value is what you offer to a partner.

D．Your goals may be personal or professional, a big picture or otherwise.

E．When your work performs your passion, it’s no need rewarding yourself.

F．Whatever your career is, you are to learn cooperation and communication.

G．The more you know about these three, the better you can build your career.

6 . Choosing a career first means learning as much as you can about yourself, your goals and the larger con text of work. Use the list below to help you begin that process.

    1    

What you enjoy doing and what you value can be helpful indicators about how you’d like to spend your working time. We’re not talking about finding and following your passion.     2    . We are talking about what makes you feel energized and excited. Think over the questions about your interests, values, traits and consider how you might answer them.

Reflect on your motivations

Ask yourself what are your motivations for working. Perhaps you want a career that will pay a higher entry-level salary than comparable occupations, or one that promises more flexibility so you can work from anywhere. But not all the careers will feature everything you like.     3    .

Think about your long-term goals

    4    . It helps you understand what it might take to reach them, both personally and professionally. The list can also help you approach a job search more specifically and lead you to the life you want.

Research career options

You’ve likely gathered a lot of information by now.     5    , start to conduct research on various career possibilities. You can use all the information you collect regarding your interests, values and traits, combined with your top motivations, to begin looking for careers or industries that might be a good fit for you.

A．Examine yourself

B．Make a list of your long-term goals

C．Find out the reason why you are moved

D．Once you have a bigger picture of yourself

E．So it’s important to understand your priority

F．That approach could be misleading and confusing

G．Unless you think deeply about what is your real aim

7 . Getting into Employment in High School

Many high school students are understandably more focused on getting into college than on finding a job after college.     1     Here are some things you can do now-while you’re still in high school-to start thinking about possible careers.

Do some homework on jobs and careers.

There are many types of jobs and careers that most people have never heard of or know little about. How do you discover them?     2     How did they get interested in their career? What education and skills are required to perform their jobs? What do they like about their careers? Don’t be shy; adults are usually happy to answer questions. You can also learn about various careers online.

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Although your college major does not always determine what you’ll end up doing for a career, understanding how various majors can connect to careers is part of career planning. As you explore the majors and programs offered at various colleges, take a moment to read through the relevant department’s information on careers for students in that major.

Keep career planning in mind when visiting colleges.

Every college campus has a Career Center, staffed by professionals who are trained to assist college students with career-related concerns.     4     Make a point to ask about the services offered by each college’s Career Center when you visit colleges. Or better yet, stop in to the Center and say hello. While on campus, you will also have opportunities to talk with professors and students. Use those occasions to ask faculty about what their departments do to help prepare students for jobs after graduation, and ask current students about internships they’ve done, research opportunities, and what their majors and career plans are.

A．Begin with your current interests, talents, hobbies, and personal strengths and weaknesses.

B．Start by talking to the adults you know about their jobs.

C．They help students choose majors and careers, find internship and job opportunities, and gain important job-hunting skills.

D．Connect the dots between college majors and careers.

E．Enrichment activities, such as summer programs on college campuses, can also help you learn about various jobs and careers.

F．Yet, having at least a few ideas in mind for careers that might interest you is an important part of college planning.

8 . There are jobs you take because you may find them fulfilling, or a stepping stone to your career. And then there are jobs you take for the money. The new book, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, is about the latter. It’s from Kate Beaton, a best-selling cartoonist. With her first graphic narrative, Ducks, Beaton examines her own life, specifically the years she spent working at the oil sands of Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada.

The book starts on Cape Breton Island, Beaton’s hometown. Once it was home to various industries, and then it wasn’t. So the island started sending its people out to wherever jobs were. This idea that you have to leave home to make a life for yourself is deeply rooted in the culture of Cape Breton. Her parents try to convince her to go into teaching, but she heads west, to the oil sands of Fort McMurray. It’s an oil boomtown populated mostly by men who are away from their homes and likely to fall into the traps of boomtowns-drugs, alcohol and loneliness.

The book follows Beaton as she tackles her own sense of isolation, while having to bear constant sexism. But she describes small moments of tenderness too, from people looking out for her in their own ways to those who are simply putting their heads down, just trying to get by.

In the book, a Cree elder talks about the impacts the oil companies have had on their community. “Everything’s ruined, our lives, our water, the air...as long as they get their money.” When the companies first came in, the locals weren’t given much say. And now they are economically tied up to the industries that are polluting their land, and leaving them with higher rates of cancer. But what choice did they have but to be involved, or be completely crushed?

Ducks is truly an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its equality and natural beauty while exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.

1. Which factor leads Beaton to Fort McMurray?

A．The appeal of oil sands.

B．Her thirst for freedom.

C．The influence of her culture.

D．Her parents’ encouragement.

2. How does Beaton find her life in the oil sands?

A．Depressing and unfair.

B．Helpless and aimless.

C．Miserable yet fulfilling.

D．Lonely yet still with warmth.

3. Why don’t the locals have other choices?

A．Because they can find no better place to go.

B．Because they are illegally trapped in oil sands.

C．Because their life is totally ruined by the oil mining.

D．Because they are financially dependent on the industries.

4. What type of writing is the text?

A．A novel.	B．A book review.
C．A biography.	D．A news story.

9 . 语法填空

The son approaches the table nervously and says he has decided not to go to university. He wants     1    (focus) on his band and have a career in music when he leaves school.     2    (hear) this, the father says, “What about your future career as a lawyer?!” “You just assume I want to be a lawyer, but that’s because you are a lawyer,” says the son. The father thinks lawyers help people and    3    (respect) by others. But the son isn’t interested in law.

The grandfather says, “I remember when you were his age, you said you wanted to be a     4    (profession) football player.” “And you wanted me to be an engineer!” says the father. “But in     5     end, you just advised me to think     6    (careful).” “Yes, and you have found the career     7     suits your talents. I’m proud of you and so is your son,” says the grandfather. The grandfather asks the grandson to take his     8    (advise) and think twice before jumping in    9     both feet. He also says if his grandson goes to university and plays music at the same time, he will have two     10    (option) for his future.

10 . There are three important things to be considered when choosing a job.

First, you have to ________ that you will probably be doing this job for many years. So you need to decide whether it is something you are ________ to do for a long period of time. ________ , if you don’t like children, you shouldn’t choose a job in teaching. But if you love children and are ________ enough to be around them all day long, then being a teacher is a good choice.

The second important thing is the ________ of work. If you ________ to live in Southern USA, you will have to choose a job that is offered there. Similarly, an ice-water fishing job would not be a good choice if you don’t like cold weather. ________ , what countries, cities or states will you have to travel to? Are you able to live in these places without problems, such as foods that don’t ________ you or any other kind of problem? Some jobs require you to ________ , so you should take these things into consideration when choosing the right job.

________ , the advantages you will receive are another important thing to be considered. Needless to say, any employee(员工) is in need of good ________ . And you should be clear about the insurance policy of the company you want to ________ . This is especially important.

All these above things are of great importance ________ you decide to take a new job. If they are carefully considered during the ________ period, you will probably have a great ________ . So it is necessary to think about your long term happiness based on your job’s place and advantages.

1.

A．remember

B．tell

C．doubt

D．regret

2.

A．sorry

B．tired

C．ready

D．afraid

3.

A．At first

B．As usual

C．In fact

D．For example

4.

A．lucky

B．healthy

C．patient

D．proud

5.

A．art

B．level

C．place

D．time

6.

A．refuse

B．want

C．happen

D．fail

7.

A．Yet

B．Instead

C．Later

D．Also

8.

A．agree with

B．play with

C．stay with

D．go with

9.

A．stay

B．travel

C．sit

D．stand

10.

A．Slowly

B．Nearly

C．Finally

D．Recently

11.

A．advice

B．pay

C．business

D．education

12.

A．create

B．find

C．manage

D．join

13.

A．though

B．before

C．unless

D．until

14.

A．test

B．success

C．decision

D．practice

15.

A．plan

B．future

C．dream

D．joy